JKR's crying at the end of writing DH/ Double agent's death

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 171557

> zgirnius:
> > That is beside the point. The point is that, in contrast to what 
> > Alla suggested in her post, a double agent is not necessarily 
OFH. 
> > The definition is about the relationship between two sides and 
the 
> > agent. Either or both sides may be *wrong* in what they believe 
of 
> > the double agent, but the definition still describes the idea of 
> > what a double agent is supposed to be.
> <snip>

Alla:

Hmmm, I want to clarify. 

Absolutely, according to Wikipedia definition double agent does not 
have to be OFH that much is clear to me. But **my point** had a lot 
with second sentence of that definition.

I was certainly using a bit different definition than what Wikipedia 
gives, even if this definition is different from what this supposed 
to mean or completely incorrect, that comes from me reading spy 
fiction and inferring what double agent is for myself.

Hmmm, how to explain? To me double agent is someone who **changed** 
his loyalty in the process, who maybe was recruited by rival country 
at some point or decided that to be loyal to his initial boss is not 
lucrative enough or something like that?

Does it make sense? 
And in **my mind** double agent is absolutely somebody who is OFH, 
because at some point of his life he changed his loyalties to 
another boss and that is what I believe Snape did for whatever 
reason.

 Like here is the second sentence of Wiki definition:

"Double agents may be agents of the target organization who 
infiltrate the controlling organization, or may be previously loyal 
agents of the controlling organization who have been captured and 
turned by the target; the threat of execution is the most common 
method of turning a captured agent into a double agent."

THAT is probably the main reason why in my head I used to believe 
and still do that double agent has no set in stone loyalties, yeah, 
because in my mind double agent is usually turned by force or money.

So, if he changed the bosses once for threats or money, I do not 
trust "double agent" to stay loyal to anybody but himself anymore.

Ugh, I am not sure how to explain better at the moment, I will come 
back to it later, if I can.
 
> Dana:
> It is not besides the point for the simple fact that becoming a 
> double agent does not have to be directed by either organization 
but 
> can be a decision a spy makes himself. ><  BIG SNIP>


Alla:

Exactly.